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How To Watch Lehigh at Bucknell If You're Not Going

If you're not able to catch the Bucknell game in person, you can stream the game here from the Patriot League Digital Network. It's a 1:00 PM start and it's the only available video broadcast of the game. The link is below:

What I like to do in times like this is to mute the PLDN broadcast, and to listen to simulcast of what's local in the Lehigh Valley on AM 1230 and AM 1320 (which you can put on your actual radio, if you like that sort of thing). Today Matt Kerr, Matt Markus and Steve Lomangino are on the call:

As bad luck may have it, the whole Patriot League slate up against one another on the Patriot League network. There is a chance to catch the end of the Lafayette/Georgetown game after the Lehigh game. If so, you will be able to find that here:

For the East Coast, and specifically Penn State and Notre Dame fans, there's a boatload of great FBS games on this afternoon. ABC/ESPN is carrying Indiana/Penn State (played just down the road from Bucknell) and at 3:30 Navy takes on Notre Dame. I think I might check in on Navy to see if they can upset the Fighting Irish... after the Lehigh game, of course.

In a not-so-good TV game at 8:00 PM tonight, Michigan State takes on hapless Rutgers on the Big 10 Network.

In the FCS world, there's not nearly as many good matchups as last week, at least from 3:30PM onwards. Two decent matchups, stick out: Illinois State vs. Youngstown State and Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese State. Both are available on ESPN3:

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